| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Laura—Part II. | | XXXII. Both gems, and pearls, their proper value have | | Robert Tofte (1561–1620) |
| | | BOTH gems, and pearls, their proper value have; | |
| But yet unlike: for not alike ’s their price. | |
| Some sought for are, and each one doth them crave; | |
| Others, more base, do pass in worthless wise. | |
| A jewel rich, and princelike gem, is She | 5 |
| Whom I esteem; and such account of make: | |
| Yet in herself no price hath for to see. | |
| For it is holden at so high a rate | |
| As all the gold, nor silver, which doth lie | |
| In th’ earth, or sea, the same, at worth, can buy. | 10 | | | |
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